Countries
India, Nepal
Nigeria
National Language
Nepal
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
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Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Hindi
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
sannu
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
gode ku
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
yaya dai
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
barka da rana
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
mai kyau safe
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
yi hakuri
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
sai anjima
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Doteli
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Nepal
Ghana
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Niger
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Nepal
Niger
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
népalais
haoussa
German Name
Nepali
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Hausa–Fulani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Chadic
Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Hausa
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nepa1254
haus1257
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
All Nepali and Hausa Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Hausa dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Hausa Speaking population
Nepali and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Hausa on Nepali vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Hausa Language Codes
Nepali and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.